Eastside High School - Easterner Yearbook (Butler, IN)

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 These soon to be graduates listen to Princi- pal Peggy Cowen at graduation practice. Over 100 students graduated on Sunday, May 31. You! Move down one row. Seniors had a group photograph taken at practice. The photographer also took individual pic- tures. Where is that kid at? asks Mrs. Marcia Pul- len Sunday afternoon before graduation. The seniors lined up in the cafeteria before going to the gym for their diplomas. Valedictorian and Salutatorian. Lynn Rein- hart and Tony Burnett had the top grade point averages in the senior class. They both spoke at the graduation ceremonies. Graduation 19

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Dear Journal Graduation Today! March 19— Picked up my gradu- ation announce- ments. Had to pay $40 balance. 1 guess I'll be staying home this weekend. May 29- May 8— Got my cap and gown from Mrs. Pul- len today. Put it on when I got home. It felt great. Only 11 senior days left. May 18- Only five days left! May 22- LAST DAY! Went to McDonald's for breakfast with the rest of the seniors. We had our tradi- tional caravan before school started. No wrecks this year. May 31 — May 26- Went to Chain-O- Lakes today. Where is everybody? May 27 — Met at Kaiser's to go to Cedar Point. It was raining but we still went. There were no lines to wait in, but we got soaked. What the heck, we're sen- iors. Senior breakfast at 7:15. Awards day fol- lowed in the gym. What do you sup- pose was in Sheila's package? We prac- ticed graduation next. Everyone was excited about gradu- ating. Dear Journal, be- came a high school graduate today. The diploma was signed and everything. What a relief to get my hands on that piece of paper. Ceremony was only 50 minutes long. Tony and Lynn gave short speeches. Hung my tassle on the rear view mirror. Make that a firm handshake Wayne. iors rehearsed the next day's ceremonies Wayne West shakes Mrs. Marcia Pullen's and had pictures taken, hand at graduation practice May 29. Sen-

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Breaking up school Time out of class is much sought after by hard working students. The nine convocations sponsored by the student council throughout the year provided much, but not enough, of that time. To kickoff the school year, Freedom Jam a group from Campus Life's Mouse Hole, gave a preview performance of their concerts at the county fair. Larry Turner and Milton Tatum, two professional dancers, gave a dem- onstration of disco and other forms of dance. U.S. Olympic hockey gold med- alist Steve Janaszak talked to the students about his experience as part of Winterfest '81 in February. When some students walked out at 3:25 before Janaszak was through, future convos were jeopardized. Dr. Sam Rhine, a geneticist, talked about birth defects and re- lated subjects in a program enti- tled, The most important nine Not so fast. Students leaving before Olym- pic gold medalist Steve janaszak was fin- ished speaking jeopardized future convo- cations. Later convos had no such problems. Crrrrrrrr . . . Teachers Mike Slentz and Rick Hudson pull for the faculty at the an- nual field day tug-o-war. The sophomores ultimately won the event. day blues months of your life. As one of the highlights of the open house in April, the Air Force Band from Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio, presented a vari- ety of selections from Glenn Mill- er to Queen. Late in May came the much awaited field day. Shortened, and held in the gym because of the weather, field day was still a suc- cess. The Sophomores took most of the honors including victory over the Seniors in the tug-o-war. 20 Convocations